Principal who suspended 9-year-old for calling a teacher cute forced to retire

A principal in North Carolina received a lot of criticism nationwide after he suspended a 4th-grader for sexual harassment after the boy allegedly called a teacher “cute.”

Now, according to the Associated Press, that principal has been forced to resign. School officials have confirmed the 9-year-old’s actions did not amount to sexual harassment.

Jerry Bostic said that he made a mistake but added that he wasn’t given a chance to apologize.

Superintendent Reeves McGlohon would only say that Bostic submitted his resignation. McGlohon had no further comment.

The school system said the suspension won’t count against the student, and there will be additional instructional assistance provided to the student for the classroom time missed.

Bostic, who had a 44-year career in education, disagreed with the school board’s decision to make him quit over the incident. He said the decision came because of politics.

“I didn’t show a history of making problems like that. I’ve had the best of evaluations my entire career and because of some syndicated columnist in New York or California, I don’t have a job,” he told Fox News.

According to some accounts, the school suspended the boy not just over the comments he made to his teacher but because of bad language he used toward other students as well.

You can see his mother talk about the suspension, which has since been revoked, here: